From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Dec 13 09:37:21 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:37:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GuY2P-0004Pc-2d for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:37:01 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.175]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GuY2F-0004Op-Pu for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:37:00 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so227568uge for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:36:50 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UXn//OX0crm74u30xMW/wk5div8XG1+NEHJwJv/9BY31NFPROK6cLqWdKUkF+gzmOa2IOjGECnmLGJBjgOjU9dV8SQpUPadFRyP10k3lNxNx+JdHONkGm4ksTQNWFd5l9lI3TUtGWmUvwtGYTZ9Qg9beeJSQW7zPmQ/fMvtR3YM= Received: by 10.82.120.14 with SMTP id s14mr205725buc.1166031409083; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:36:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.116.6 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:36:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <925d17560612130936k68822b24q35c734ba9a0f20fc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:36:48 -0300 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: formal language In-Reply-To: <45802C2C.8010501@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45802C2C.8010501@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 13354 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On 12/13/06, Pierre Abbat wrote: > What do we call a formal language in Lojban? It's a set of strings made > of letters of some alphabet, often described by a formal grammar. > Although many formal languages are used to express meaning, some, such > as the MIU system, are mere mathematical objects. So if a formal > language is any kind of bangu, it has to be a zilbau. How about {selge'a}? mu'o mi'e xorxes To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.